Regional Economic Communities (RECs) - Work on the Free Movement of Persons and Labour Migration
The International Labour Organization is doing important work on improving labour migration governance with African RECs (Regional Economic Communities) particularly on labour provisions of Free Movement of Persons Protocols and Labour Migration policies, legislation and practices. The ILO has also supported tripartite labour migration policy frameworks, dialogue forums, as well as action plans at the RECs level. ILO’s work includes improving capacity-building, providing policy-advice, carrying out labour market needs assessments, supporting the collection of labour migration data, improving migrant workers’ skills recognition, social protection’s access and portability, fair recruitment, etc.